Where did the name of The Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival come from?

In the origin of the name of the Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival, "Qingming Festival" is still controversial, and "Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival" refers to the Bianhe River.

The Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival is a long genre painting created by realism, an immortal masterpiece drawn by Zhang Zeduan, a famous painter in the Northern Song Dynasty, and an invaluable treasure in the history of China painting. Taking the Bianhe River as a typical environment, The Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival depicts people's activities, buildings, tools and other secular customs at that time. Through a detailed description of local life, it vividly reproduces the prosperity of the Bianjing Chengping period in the Northern Song Dynasty, which is of great historical value.

Content of the work: The Riverside Map on Qingming Festival includes various commercial activities, handicraft activities, water transportation activities on the river and various public sightseeing activities. In addition to restaurants, pharmacies and other large shops, there are incense shops, bow shops, small tea shops or wine shops at the crossroads, as well as pawn shops with "Jie" signs hanging in front of them. Carpenters who make wheels, blacksmiths who sell knives and scissors, flower sellers, fortune tellers and various vendors can all be identified one by one. This lively scene, the painter arranged in an orderly way, mixed but not chaotic, fascinating, and the ancient capital reappeared in front of him. In terms of composition, there are always points, main points, fine points, thick points, tension and relaxation; Mainly in rural areas, rivers and cities, it is gradually spread out and has a lot of layers. The countryside is introductory and relatively simple.

-

The meaning of "Qingming" in the name of Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival Experts and scholars have come to three views on the word "Qingming":

"The meaning of Tomb-Sweeping Day";

The Significance of Qingming Square;

The Significance of Qingming Shi Sheng. ?

Experts and scholars who hold the view of "Tomb-Sweeping Day" include the late Mr. Zheng Zhenduo, an expert on cultural relics, and Mr. Xu Bangda, an expert on calligraphy and painting. Mr Zheng Zhenduo even pointed out that it was Tomb-Sweeping Day that day.

The expert and scholar who holds the view of "Qingming Square" is the late Mr. Kong from Kaifeng Middle School in Henan. 198 1 Mr. Kong published an article "The Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival-Questioning" in Art magazine. In his article, Mr. Kong believes that autumn scenery was painted by textual research on charcoal, stones, fans, watermelons and costumes. Qingming means "Qingming Square".

There is a famous expert, Mr. Shi Shuqing, who holds the view of "Qingming Prosperity". Mr. Shi Shuqing pointed out: "Qingming does not refer to the day of Tomb-Sweeping Day, but as a kind of morality to praise the peaceful and prosperous times. Qingming means political clarity. "

-

The meaning of "Shanghe" in the name: Shanghe means Bianhe. Bianhe River is a river connecting Bianliang City (now Kaifeng), which was the capital of the Northern Song Dynasty. Bianhe River, also known as Tongji Canal, was opened in Kaifeng, Henan. When Yang Di was in the Sui Dynasty, people in Huaibei, Henan Province dug a grand canal called Tongji Canal. Luoer entered the Yellow River from Xiyuan, Luoyang, and then entered Bianshui through the Yellow River, and then followed the ancient canal opened by Fu Cha, the king of Wu in the Spring and Autumn Period to lead Bianshui into Sishui and reach Huaishui. Therefore, the trunk of the canal is in the Bianshui section, which is also called Bianhe.